Truss.



M. H. TURNER.

TRUSS.

APPLICATION I'ILBD rum, 1910.

1,035,500, I Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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TRUSS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Application filer! February 9, 1910. Serial No. 542,969.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILLARD I-I. TURNER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses, of which the followin is a specification.

' y invention embodies the advantages of the abdominal support and truss .each contriguting its beneficial effect to a common on The main or primary object of my invention is to suspend the truss from a pliable support suitably secured to an abdominal supporter or other device whereby the supporter or other device may follow the mo- .tions of the body without disturbing the truss in its adjusted posit-ion; and with this and minor objects in view my invention consists of the parts and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the drawings:Figure 1 is a rear elevation of an'abdominal band, Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same embodying my invention, Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 Fig. 2. The general construction of the abdominal-supporter is of the usual character and it consists of the rear portion 1 and the front portion 2, the rear portion having the straps 3 which engage the buckles 4 on the front portion whereby the supporter is firmly secured to the body with the desired de ree of tension best adapted to the indivi ual. The stays in the supporter.are inserted in the tape pockets 5.

As will be seen from the drawing some of the tapes are wider at the top as at 6 to form a secure foundation upon which to sew Suspender buttons 7 to which the ends of a Suspender 8 may be fastened. The buttons being fastened to the tape, which ex- I dividual case.

a pliable support or strap terminatin at its lower end in an enlargement 12 on w ich a truss pad 13 is secured in any desirable manner. The shape of the pad and the material from which it is constructed are varied according to the individual case. The object of the enlargement 12 on the strap 11 is to present an increased area around the truss pad to prevent the pad from presentingan abrupt and sharp edge against which the skin will chafe, besides which the parts immediately around the rupture are more or less supported. The-upper end of the strap is-passed through the abdominal supporter, which is slitted at 14 for that purpose and engaged by the buckle 15 by means of which the truss-pads are held in the desired adjusted position.

In the drawing I have illustrated my invention as adapted for a double rupture, but of course, it is obvious that a single truss pad may be used. The strap 11 may be of any desired material.

As will be seen from the drawing the truss pads are suspended from the buckles 15 which is the only point of attachmentthey have to the abdominal supporter and that they are therefore free to be moved pendulum like and adjusted up and down. By reason of this the truss-pads are free to be adjusted over the ruptures and when once placed or adjusted there is no liability of their moving or dragging from over the rupture as a result of any movement of the abdominal supporter in following the movementof the body. That is to say, the trusspad is not susceptible to the movements of its support.

What I claim is z--- The combination with an abdominal supporter, having slits and buckles secured v MILLARD H. TURNER.

Witnesses JAMES L. CRAWFORD, EDWIN S. CLARKBON. 

